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ASCL Seminar: Ancestral livelihoods and moral universalism - Evidence from transhumant pastoralist societies
Lecture
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Call for papers - Frontlines of protection: Thinking and defining protection against disasters in times of environmental disruptions
Research
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ACPA appoints new academic director
The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) recently appointed a new academic director. Erik Viskil is taking over from Henk Borgdorff, who held the post for the past four years. What has been achieved in those years? And what does ACPA’s future look like? In this double interview we discuss…
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Interdisciplinary research: brainstorming and bridge-building
Bring over a hundred driven researchers together in one room and the good ideas will start to flow: that was the thinking behind the internal networking meeting on interdisciplinary collaboration on Wednesday 17 May. Representatives from the nine interdisciplinary programmes were waiting at their stalls…
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‘You can’t just go to the field and leave again with data’: meet LUCIR scholar Corinna Jentzsch
Corinna Jentzsch, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Institute of Political Science and co-convener of the Leiden University Center for International Relations (LUCIR) has conducted extensive fieldwork in Mozambique. Her resulting book, Violent Resistance: Militia Formation and Civil…
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‘A country’s immigration narrative really influences the people arriving there’
Immigration and naturalisation policies are an important theme in the upcoming Dutch elections. The Netherlands should be mindful of its immigration narrative, says PhD candidate Hannah Bliersbach, as this greatly influences the relationship between ‘new’ citizens and their new home country.
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How democratic is our kingdom? New ministry chair for Leiden political scientist
When we talk about the Kingdom of the Netherlands, it is not just about the Netherlands. On the contrary: our Kingdom consists of no less than four countries, three of which are Caribbean islands. This structure is complex, to say the least. Although all countries are officially equivalent, in practice…
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Archaeologist Jennifer Swerida investigates emergent social complexity in the Omani desert
In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…
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Sounding Out Ecological Precarity and Musical Heritage in Asia: Some Early Ideas
Lecture, LIAS Lunch Talk Series
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Our Hirāk: The Tishreen Revolution
Lecture, LUCIS Meets
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Undisciplined Collections
Workshop
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FOOD CITIZENS? Conference 4th FEBRUARY 2022
Conference
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Legitimation as political practice: everyday authority in Tanzania and beyond
Lecture
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Difference and empire, or on the importance of thinking otherwise
Lecture
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Documenting Death| Adrienne Strong
Lecture, Online webinar
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Preferences and Beliefs in Behavior and the Brain
PhD defence
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The thousand war-battalions of the btsan: everyday demons in Ladakh
Lecture
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Performing identity and buying love: self-expression and iyashi in the dansō escorting business
Lecture
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Neutrino: Documentary & Q&A with the directors
Studium Generale
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Roots, branches and LHEAf
Conference, Final conference
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A New industry in an Ancient Land: Archaeology and Tourism at the crossroads
Conference, Public event
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Visual Construction of the Dutch: From the Perspective of the “Tōjin”
Lecture
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Book talk 'Aspiring in Later Life: Movements across Time, Space, and Generations'
Lecture, Online webinar
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Identity cards, semiotic instability, and signs of state recognition for Indonesian warias
Lecture, Research Seminar
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"We are new farmers": How do e-commerce streamers perform authenticity in rural China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Women Issuing Fatwas
PhD defence
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La crémation dans l'Alexandrie grecque et romaine
PhD defence
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Abortion, Law, and Everyday Ethics in India: Women’s Reproductive Choices in Everyday World
Conversation
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Fragile Resonance | Jason Danely
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Material Legacies: The Post-Genocide Family Trees in Armenia
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Research Seminar Janet Connor
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Jeunesse comme ressource des conflits violents
PhD defence
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Secular Law, Christian Ambivalence, and Jewish Difference
VVI Research Talks
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Elephants in the Room
Lecture
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Media, Race and the Infrastructures of Empire
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Interdisciplinary roundtable: Commitment, Islam and Social Justices in Mahmoud Ahmed Abdulkadir’s Swahili Poetry
Debate
- Roundtable: The making of disability / the making of migration
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Making sense of a trend: legal reforms on sexual violence in Europe, 13-14 June 2024, Leiden, Netherlands
Workshop
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Movie Screening: I'm Not the River Jhelum (2022)
Movie Screening | SSEALS
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Researchers from Leiden visit Indonesia on knowledge mission
A delegation from Leiden University recently embarked on a knowledge mission to various NGOs, universities and government organisations in Indonesia. New partnerships were formed and important knowledge exchanged, and researchers from Leiden gave guest lectures.
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Vedic mantras and rituals and their Avestan parallels: Toward the reconstruction of Indo-Iranian formulae and liturgical structures
Lecture, VVIK lecture
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Reimaging Peace Democratization in Yemen: Women, Transnationalism and Activism in Exile
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Digging for a Liveable Planet?
Lecture
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Between spiritual care and forensic care: situating the remains of war dead in contemporary Vietnam
Lecture, Research Seminar
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